Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/助者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
助	者
Grade: 3	Grade: 3
irregular

Alternative spelling
助者 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Gikun word derived by applying Chinese-derived spelling 助者 (“help(er), aide”), a term which decomposes into 助 (“help”) + 者 (“one who...”), to native Japanese word たすけ (tasuke, “help”) to denote one who helps, helper.

Noun

助者 (たすけ)^[1] (tasuke) → 助 (たす)け (tasuke)

help (as in helper)

Quotations

^ OT, page 2:
ヱホバ神 (かみ)言(いひ)たまひけるは人(ひと)獨(ひとり)なるは善(よか)らず我(われ)彼(かれ)に適(かな)ふ助者(たすけ)を彼(かれ)のために造(つく)らんと
EHOBA Kami ii tamaikeru wa hito hitori naru wa yokarazu ware kare ni kanau tasuke wo kare no tame ni tsukuran to
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

[Gen_1:18-1] OT, page 2:
ヱホバ神 (かみ)言(いひ)たまひけるは人(ひと)獨(ひとり)なるは善(よか)らず我(われ)彼(かれ)に適(かな)ふ助者(たすけ)を彼(かれ)のために造(つく)らんと
EHOBA Kami ii tamaikeru wa hito hitori naru wa yokarazu ware kare ni kanau tasuke wo kare no tame ni tsukuran to
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

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